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And yeah, people are idiots for going to bars.
How come Germany is so cash positive? Personally I think Sweden has gone a bit far, where some old people have been put in a weird spot where they can't pay because they're technologically illiterate.
> It is never at someone else's loss but at the discretion of managers based on the value each gives to the organization
Can you expand on this?
CRMs are usually ridiculously overpriced.
Why would you work for 15 hours? I aim for 6. No way that you can be productive for 15 hours.
And, do you really want to spend pretty much all your time working? I followed along and agreed with lots of the stuff, then a comment like this throws me off. I totally understand that you're having trouble focusing if that's a normal day.
It's a design system with constraints, which automatically gives me fewer and better options.
Using something like Bootstrap is probably easier and quicker if you're unfamiliar with writing CSS though.
All in all, quite far from styling with inline `style` (but it takes a bit of learning on the thought process behind it).
You'd often use something like a component based JS framework or a server rendered templating language, making it easy to contain all utilities with shared logic in one place.
At the same time, I find this to be true for a small type of entrepreneurship. My barber, the local store, my favorite restaurant is not really connected to privilege and everyone of them has gotten where they are anyways.
React is also much less abstraction away from vanilla JS. Learning Angular is learning a new language with a whole bunch of restrictions. Learning React is like learning JS++.
(This is my personal experience based on three Angular projects and ten+ React projects.)
Might be the same case here?
I understand RGB, base-16 and HSL yet this isn't instinctive for me. I might be a below average dev (although my clients and colleagues seem to think otherwise), but I'd prefer a color picker any day before thinking about translation of color codes.
Your critique isn't focused on JS fatigue but a single lib. JS fatigue is about having to choose between Chai, Mocha, Karma (dead nowadays?), Tape, Istanbul, testdouble, Qunit etc. And also: knowing what does what.
For me, Dropbox, Spotify and GitHub all do this - naming them as examples of companies that don't is plain wrong to me.
Dropbox: 2gb of storage is nothing (weird and a bit sickening, but still).
Spotify: The ads experience in Spotify is probably one of the worst user experiences I know - so no real value here.
GitHub: no private repos for free users (might have changed?) made me choose Bitbucket. No use without private.
All in all, I don't really agree with the article: I actually do believe that a not-amazing-but-still-great experience is the way to go. See: Asana. It's OK++ for free, but I pay because it's better when I pay.
I Google my way - City + business network.
I also ask people I meet in business about their preferred networks, but only people I would like as a client.
Work your way from there. The networks want to be found, they want your money after all.
Edit, about starting somewhere: Some people work to connect businesses. Depending on your location, these can be Chamber of Commerce, Science Parks, tech hubs etc. Start by asking there and get yourself connected with the formal connections first.
"For me to join a network the network has to match these criteria:
* It markets itself as exclusive
* It costs money (say $2k/y for small businesses and scaling prices depending on number of employees)
* Participants are owners or at C-level
The networks are often dinners where the participants get to know each other in friendly settings. I aim for networks with high middle age where I stick out as the younger (am mid-thirties) professional which connects tech with business needs (my niche).
While at a network, do not talk about yourself. Ask about others businesses and interests. These sells take between 6-12 months and are based on trust.
You also need to come prepared.
* Dress as expected.
* Have a web page with referrals so when leads get a bit nosy and Google you you're #1 in search and the page provides the lead with info about great work you've done. I have about 100 visits / mo to my page (my weird name helps for the #1 pos). 90% are primed leads.
* Know your oneliners. Prepare examples of things you can provide. Make them sound natural. Say it without selling in an informal way.
It's about being systematic and selecting only the networks where your dream leads go to. Hoping to get into invite only networks further on."
It's still going strong and we double our billing each year.